DAVOS 2004 ANTI-WEF PROTESTS

international | anti-capitalism | news report Wednesday December 31, 2003 00:55 by ANTI-WEF - WOW!

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International demonstration against the World Economic Forum (WEF) Saturday 24th January 2004 Davos Switzerland 14:00 in front of Davos train station

From the 21 of January to the 25 of January the WEF(www.weforum.org),a meeting of the richest multinational corporations and government buearacrats more than 2.000 (mostly european) "global leaders" from politics,medias and economy are meeting in Davos ski ressort, Switzerland.(www.davos.ch)

WIPE OUT WEF !

They discuss in a "private setting" about ways of making oppression and exploitation more efficient and more profitable. The WEF, which claims its mission is to help "eradicate poverty, promote security and enhance cultural understanding" is more often that not seen to represent the interests of multinational corporations.

It's members include microsoft, coca cola, nestle, shell and hundreds more. For 31 years the annual meeting of the WEF (world economic forum) has taken place in Davos. Except in 2002 the WEF went to New-York City. This year again the WEF comes back to Davos for its annual meeting .

The WEF-summit in Davos is another attempt to minimise the social and political rights in favour of the benefit of the capital - owners. The last summits have shown, that a critical public isn't welcome, neither inside nor outside the conference-buildings. Due to the past years mobilisation in Davos,the Swiss authorities hade authorized the demonstration in Davos on the 25 of January 2003 but in reality they mades everythig possible to denie acess to demonstartors. Only half of the crowd accessed Davos. The others were victimes of heavy repression as in 2001when the demonstration was forbiden and all, who protest against the meetings with their voice and their presence, were confrontated with a massive repression on the part of the police.

The state authorities protect the economy-bosses and the politicians with every method available (legal but also illegal) and try to suppress every single critic. 2004 will surely be the same. But we are going to confront the rulers with resistance that cannot be ignored. In Switzerland and in other countrys some autonomous groups have met to prepare and co-ordinate the actions against the wef-summit in Davos and also to support international mobilisation.

The following four points show the basis of our cooperation and our political self-image:

we disapprove of the WEF and our attitude towards it is confrontative. It is impossible to reform the WEF, because of this we don¹t want to have any dialogue. our aim is, to smash the wef and to prevent their meetings. But the WEF is only one specific institution of the capitalistic system of exploitation, which we disapprove of completely. Our protest does not end with a smashed wef, our fight is against capitalism which can not be civilised its own logic and rules together with other forms of oppression like sexism, racism, homophobia, antisemitism characterise the injustice of our world.


Our protest is against categorising, marginalising and excluding people and social groups; our aim is a society, that is orientated to the needs of all and not to the profit of a few. our protest contains the use of resources and information equal to all people. In our actions and in our kind of organising we try to live our own utopia. We are against a society based on hierarchy and control. We disapprove of the state as a place of capitalistic actions and we also refuse the new institutionalisation of the capitalistic exploitation by world economic forum, international monetary fonds or world trade organisation. Our answer is our protest, are our own actions. We do not rely on political parties or lobbies, we express our criticism together, independently and unmistakeably. The ways of protesting and showing the criticism depend on the people who express them. In our resistance there should be room for different kinds of actions and there should be no limits to creativity.
the protest against the wef-summit in Davos is not the only thing, it is only one part of the global resistance against oppression and exploitation. Our solidarity is with all oppressed, who do not want to accept the prevailing contradictions without criticism, and our solidarity is with all, who realize their power and organise emancipated resistance. But as we are part of the prevailing contradictions, we have to question our positions all the time. Our action is a reaction on the prevailing situation, it is a logical and necessary answer to the ruling politics and the politics of the rulers.
the wef-summit is used by the Swiss government to create a distinctive image of themselves as equal partners in the international context. Our protest against the wef-summit is connected with our resistance against the Swiss government politics, against racist and sexist politics and against the neoliberal basic position of our society.




Protest and actions programm against the WEF 2004:

Saturday 10 January 2004 14h30 Winterthur Place de la gare Demonstration against the WEF and for an anticapitalist alternative

Saturday 17 January Swiss wide ANTI-WEF action day !

Free trains and cities protest tour starts Fribourg: 13.00 Place Python > Berne: 14.30 Heiliggeistkirche (in front of the station) > Burgdorf: 16.30 station > Langenthal: 18.00 station then concerts

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Poster : http://www.indymedia.ch/de/2003/12/16668.shtml

Lugano in the swiss-italian canton of Tessin

anti-wef carnaval.... > > 12.00 minestrone, musica e scoregge anti-wef > 13.30 start of the demo SCACCIA WEF (hunt the WEF) > 15.30 thater and games : il frutto del desiderio (the fruit of desire) > 21.30 Concerts Zapatistes with : TRACCIAZERO (punckrock), MERDONALDS > (punck-oi), > RADICAL SOUNDS (reggae)

../mailto:[email protected] Homepage: http://www.ecn.org/molino

Zurich Volkshaus de Zurich, Stauffacherstr. 60 : the other Davos (http://www.otherdavos.net/) conferences and workshops and seminairs from 10am to 10 pm

Geneva international demonstration against the WEF (HQ in Geneva) time and place to be confirmed … ../mailto:[email protected]

Homepage:: http://www.rebellion.ch



Wednesday 21 January 2004 decentralized blockades swiss wide but mostly concentrated on the road in between Zurich and Davos to block the WEF delagates to join Davos

Workshop and infos to prepare the blockages Sunday 18 January 2004 in Zurich place and time soon : http://www.blockadenetz.ch

More infos soon: http://www.antiwto.ch/reitschule/anti-wto/index.shtml andhttp://squat.net/contre-attaque/index2.htm

And in Lugano on Saturday 3nd and Sunday 4th January 2004 from 10.00 to 16.00 info: csa il molino (091.9421221) o [email protected]


From 19 to the 25 January 2004 snow and slide and more with the global leaders in Davos free programme (Do it Yourself with us !) bring your winter stuff

Saturday 24 january 2004 Big international demonstration in Davos 14:00 in front of Davos-Dorf train station . SMASH THE WEF ! WIPE OUT WEF !

Sunday 25 January 2004 Revenge on the slides and in Davos (Do it yourself with us !)

Preperations for actions and demos (talks and concerts) possible to sleep and cook (but limited) In Coire (Chur) not so far from Davos from Sunday 18 January to Sunday 25th January

e-Mail:: [email protected] Homepage:: http://www.dadavos.ch.vu

Hope to see you all around !

WIPE OUT WEF ! anti-wef Switzerland December 2003

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Accomodation and facilities for you in Switzerland:

If you want to sleep in Davos here are the chapest

60.- Swiss Francs/ night but possible to sneak …. Hostel Name: Jugend Hostel (YouthPalace) Davos Adresse: Horlauberstrasse 27, 7260, Davos, Switzerland Phone: ++41 81 4101920 Fax: ++41 81 4101021 http://www.youthhostel.ch/e/home.cfm Very central !!!! 5mn walk to congress center

OR ...From 17.- swiss francs cummon room with your sleeping bag to 37.- in a nice bed in a room alone ! Possible to cook ! Owned by nice people ; ) but not central ! 10 min bus to congress center or good 30 min walk!

Herberge Reception form 9 am to 12 and 19pm to 22pm

Fam,Olaf Kreuzen/Stroo

Höhwald

CH 7265 Davos Wolfgang

Schweiz, Swiss, Switzerland

Tel. 0041-81-4162040 Fax. 0041-81-4130936 Handy 078-7483078 (004178 from out of swiss)

Homepage www.herberge.net E-mail [email protected]

Maps in Switzerland http://www.swissgeo.ch/

Trains :http://www.cff.ch

Buy a cheap train ticket "carte journalière" = daily pass (a week in advance !) http://www.ate.ch

Davos webpage: http://www.davos.ch

The WEF's webpage : http://www.weforum.org

Indymedia switzerland: www.indymedia.ch

"Correct" Mass media infos: www.swissinfo.ch

If you want to rent a car make many comparaisons because they can be great price differences !

Food in switzerland: from the supermarket 1 kilo pasta = 1 to 2 Euros 500grammes bread= 2 Euros

100grammes chocolat = 1 Euro one apple = 50 cent a piece of cheese 250 grammes = 3 Euros

A pizza in a ristorante = 9 Euros

Nice meal in a restorant arond 16 Euros to 20 Euros

A bier in a bar around 2,5 Euros in a shop 1 Euro

USEFULL LINKS
http://www.indymedia.ch
http://www.bermuda.ch/reitschule/anti-wto/
http://www.ecn.org/molino/politico/davos04/wow04.htm
http://www.smashwef.ch/
http://www.ark.ch.vu
http://www.otherdavos.net
http://www.otherdavos.net
http://www.rebellion.ch
http://www.aufbau.org/
http://www.blockadenetz.ch
http://www.dadavos.ch.vu
http://www.a-g-o.ch/
http://www.antiwto.ch/reitschule/anti-wto/index.shtml
http://squat.net/contre-attaque/index2.htm
http://www.evb.ch/
http://www.antirep.ch
http://wef.linkgroup.org/
http://www.perspektivennachdavos.ch/
http://www.no-wef.ch.vu/
maps: http://www.swissgeo.ch/
trains: www.cff.ch http://www.cff.ch
Carte journalière= chaep train pass: http://www.ate.ch
Davos cheap hostels: http://www.youthhostel.ch/e/home.cfm ou http://www.herberge.net
Davos: www.davos.ch
WEF : www.weforum.org
Last years protest pictures: http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/wef/index.htm